Powder-flask.



S. B. SMOOT.

POWDER FLA SK APPLICATION FILED m. 21.1915.

I 1,166,862. V Patented Jan. I916.

UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFIQE.

SAMUEL B. SMOOT, or DIMMOCK, wEsTvIRGINrA, assrenon or ONE-HALF TO w. E.DEEGANS, ole-MOUNT HOPE, WEST VIRGINIA.

POWDER-FLASK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. SMoo'r, a citizen of the United States,residing. at Dimmock, in the county of Fayette and the State of WestVirginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Powder-Flasks,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a flask for holding powder especially adaptedfor the use of miners, the object being to avoid the use of any metal orany substance in connection with the flask which would act as aconductor of electricity.

The device is essentially in the nature of a safety device for use inmines and tunnels.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the claim and shown inthe accompanyingdrawing, in which I have shown a vertical section through the flask.

The flask consists of a flexible body portion 1 of soft rubber providedwith an interior lining of gummed cloth 2. This body portion iscontracted as indicated at 3 in its upper portion and to the contractedportion is vulcanized, cemented or otherwise secured a hard rubber neck4, the neck having an annular recess 5 adjacent its lower end, and onits exterior, forming a reduced flange which fits into the upper portion3 of the body 1. To prevent grains of powder from catching on the lowerend of said flange it is rounded on the inner side as at 6. Theformation of the flange by means of the recess 5 leaves an exteriorannular shoulder 7 against which the contracted otthe body 1 bears. IThe hard rubber neck 4 1s exteriorly threaded adjacent its upper v endand over this threads a hard rubber cap 8. A handle is formed of astrong cord 9 suitably cemented at oneend to the body portion 1 and atthe other to the neck l at point of union with the contracted portion 3,the cord being covered with rubber 9, or other suitable waterproofingcomposition.

What I claim is:

A powder flask consisting of a flexible rubber body portion having acontracted upper portion, a hard rubber neck, I exteriorly reduced atits lower end and rounded at the lower end on the interior, there byforming a flange adapted to enter and be secured to the contractedportion of the body, a gum cloth lining for said body portion, a rubbercap threading on the neck, and a waterproofed cord handle securedrespectively to the neck and body portion.

I SAMUEL B. SMOOT.

l/Vitnessesz WV. RUTLEDGE, R. L. B'RowN, W. T. Snxrorv/ Copies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. Q.

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